Same my first novel that's currently updating was more of a test into how Tapas works, but then it got Staff Picked?? I do not understand how they choose those though. It doesn't have much subscribers too. Oh well, it's the first try

Yeah. I usually pay somewhere in the region of $65 per image for a book cover/rights to use artwork for promotion. Right now I have a friend who has most beautifully offered to draw covers for my main series, but usually I commission art from artists I like.

Hey, im also new, i created my account yesterday, i dont know why but i like checking older posts sometimes theres interesting stuff. I like to draw and recently i got into webcómics so im sitll checking out all the stuff thats here.

At first,I'm not really into tapas or the forums, and only went here for some time before leaving tapas and the forums for some time. But after I come back, I engaged in the forums so much that it just like I'm having friends to talk s*it to (I'm forever alone... ;v; ).

Just comments, give encouragement, giving advice, and simply engage a lot in the community. We, the community welcome you. ^^

@tanchabang I would love to, but im trying to come up with a story or either help someone else with their story because all my creative energy drains fast so its hard between coming up with a story or doing the drawings.

from what i see, settling into the tapas community is a lot abt the forums - a lot of the regular creators small and large are here, and personally i find most of the comics i read through the forums! but non-spam commenting on stories (and reading lots of them) is also a good method! and hey, you get to read comics and novels!!

If you just uploaded your novel this week and haven't posted it anywhere else except here, I suggest that you enter the 3rd Writers Camp. Check the rules, your book might qualify. If you mark your book with the Nov18Writers Camp tag and fill out a quick submission form, your book gets two benefits. It will be listed as a participating part of the camp and thus get a tweensy bit more exposure(maybe) and get entered into the contest to become a possibly become a premium Tapas novel.

@punkarsenic, Tapas is all about the forums to you and me, but we seem to be am exception. When I look at all of the featured projects (both comics and books) on the front page, the only name I recognize from the forums is Penni. Even on the Community Page, those creators just don't show their faces around here often. I can almost promise you that none of them have the rank of a Regular in these forums which is not a difficult award to get. I haven't seen any leaving comments in other projects either. I don't mind having a page for projects which became popular without premium status, but I do think that the term "Superstars of the Community" is highly misleading. (btw, I like your new face.)

Hi there @tanchabang ^^I'm relatively new to the forums myself. It's always nice to see new peole around though I just started to comment here and ther on existing threads suddenly appearing out of nothing. (Mostly because I didn't know what to do otherwise.) And everyone just answered supernice to me eversince. So I don't think you have to worry about anything

@amortelitoWow I didn't knew I could do that. Thank for the tip about the profile

Tapas is all about the forums to you and me, but we seem to be am exception. When I look at all of the featured projects (both comics and books) on the front page, the only name I recognize from the forums is Penni. Even on the Community Page, those creators just don't show their faces around here often. I can almost promise you that none of them have the rank of a Regular in these forums which is not a difficult award to get. I haven't seen any leaving comments in other projects either. I don't mind having a page for projects which became popular without premium status, but I do think that the term "Superstars of the Community" is highly misleading. (btw, I like your new face.)

this is true, and i hesitated saying what i said abt forum, but i think it depends on what were considering community?

there is an interactive community on the forums, and you see that on tapas when you look at the networks of forum-regular creators. so i think that has value